Working on a Saturday

But I really don't mind it at all. I am in Burnett, some freshmen are doing some test thing and I didn't really listen to the administrator, I am just working on my portfolio and getting paid to do it. Sweet.

Normally I am not very sympathetic toward anyone for whatever reason, but on our way to campus this morning I saw something that made me sad: Drake and I were driving down 16th street and this man was running and started waving his arms and at first I didn't know why, but I looked ahead and saw a bus at the bust stop and this poor man was just running as fast as he could and it was raining and I knew there was no way he was going to make it. Sure enough, the bus pulled away from the stop and this man was left standing in the rain, still a block and a half from where he needed to be. People say I have no feelings, or that I am heartless, which I admit heck yes, most of the time I am cold and heartless because a lot of people deserve it, but for some reason this was tugging at my heart strings a lot. What if he had some where important to be? What if he was going to see his son or daughter? What if his mother needed his help with something? What if, what if, what if. I know there is nothing I can do about it, especially now, an hour and a half later, but things like that really get to me sometimes.

I am getting sick again, darn kids. But they are adorable and I still love them to pieces. We got a new student on Friday and already he is a handful. His mom tried making excuses when she first brought him in, but what parent doesn't? She was saying he doesn't like to line up, has a hard time listening to teachers, doesn't like to be told what to do, etc. Know what he excuse was? "Daycare is all he's ever known so he just wants to play all the time." HELLO! Daycare is all most of these children have ever known, yet they manage to sit at carpet or complete there work, so looks like you need to work on the discipline a little bit there, Mom.

I am a bit disappointed: this weekend is the Vikings/Packers game at home and for the first time in I don't know how many years, I am going to miss it. We have had season tickets for well over ten years now, and of those ten years, I believe prior to this weekend I have missed on one or two of this epic events. It doesn't matter how poorly the Vikings or Packers are playing - for some reason this game (usually) brings out the best in both teams. I remember one season in particular, probably eight years ago now or so, I know it has been a while, the Vikings were having a really really bad season and had very few wins (no jokes, please). However, we DID get the last laugh because of those very few and far between wins, two of them came at the expense of the Packers, who were having a good season. That makes me happy. This season is shaping up to be pretty crappy for both teams thus far though, so we will see how Sunday turns out.

Wendall is getting better. He was a little under the weather, there were soft spots on his shell - and anyone who knows anything about turtles knows that this can mean death for them if their shells rot, but I called the vet and spoke to some people at PetCo and he is going to be fine. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to Wendall, I've spent so much time taking care of him (yes, turtles can be high maintenance, thank you very much) that it would be strange not having him around. But he's getting better and spending time in the sun has helped him a lot.

Kim is coming today! I am so stoked, I haven't seen her in ages. I get about an hour break for lunch so we are going to go hang out for a little bit before I have to be back here in Burnett for the second session, and I am kicking myself now because I forgot my camera. Oh well, I am sure she will have hers. She was in Norfolk taking pictures for a friend's wedding and she said she would do mine and Drake's wedding, so yay. No, don't freak out people, there's no ring yet and no date set so don't think you are out of the loop or anything, it just is what it is and yes, that day will come.

But alas, time to work on the portfolio, I can't wait to get this thing done, graduate, and get out of this place and never come back to Nebraska again.

Days til 'FRIENDS: The One With All Ten Seasons' comes out on DVD - 23!!!!!!!